Drilling Rig Advances 2013 ///

Rig advances come in all shapes and sizes. From a line of software code to a BOP stack, and from deepwater drilling vessels to walking land rigs, these innovations describe a dynamic industry focused on safety, efficiency and capability, in some of the most difficult circumstances on earth. In the following three articles, we look at offshore and onshore newbuild rigs, and highlight a few of the innovations that, on a daily basis, reinvent the process of drilling a hole in the ground.